Katy Perry ‘Teenage Dream’

We've been a bit moody this week, detailing the major fails of pop music in 2010 — which includes these 10 terrible album covers. We don't want to be an office full of Scrooges so close to Christmas, though, so we decided to focus on the positive and pick what we thought were the 10 Best Album Covers from the past year. Some were funny, others were thought-provoking, and many were just straight-up gorgeous — flip through to see some of the most striking paintings and photos to hit CD sleeves the past 12 months, ending with our (candy-scented!) favorite. And congrats to Kanye, who appears on both our Best and Worst Cover Art list! As if he hadn't already received enough accolades this year.

You have to admit, like her music or not, that she does whatever it is she does exactly how it should be done. You know, if you like that being done to you.

CryotiC

@Jimmy
No she doesn’t man. Her voice sounds like crap which is why they autotune it so it sounds like even more crap. You’d think she’d make it up with sex appeal in her lyrics, but her lyrics are sophmoric at best. Literally. “Last Friday Night” sounds like a sophmore hangover :/.

As for the cover, it’s decent pin up material but I don’t see any artistic merit beyond that. I give it a “Meh” rating.

If you want to listen to a legitimate artist that looks like Katy Perry, then go listen to Zooey Deschanel. She can actually sing pretty well :).

Megatrons, are you ready for the next serving of Title? According to a new press release, the next single off of Meghan Trainor's #1 debut record will be "Dear Future Husband," due to be released on April 26 in the UK.

On the eve of her album’s American release, we rang up Janet from across the pond to get her thoughts on melancholy music as well as her passion for drag queens and Adventure Time, plus the surprising connection she and Courtney Love share…at least according to Courtney.

Following Fifth Harmony's 2013 'Better Together' EP and its full-throttle, Radio Disney-approved dance pop comes its debut album 'Reflection,' where the 'X Factor' girl group reintroduces itself as a Destiny's Child for the selfie generation.

That mysterious photo of Malia Obama in a Pro Era shirt may have flummoxed the Secret Service, but it's the latest indicator suggesting hip-hop revivalism is for the kids. The obsession with NYC's "Golden Age" of rap is no longer solely the realm of bitter, old hip-hop heads, as young New York MCs like Pro …